A woman found dead of an apparent heroin overdose in her Green Hill Parkway apartment Friday night may have been deceased for three to five days with two young children in the house, neighbors say they were told by police.

The property manager went to the house about 9:30 p.m. to collect the rent. But no one answered the door. So he went around back to try another door.

Two children inside the second-floor apartment reportedly told the manager that their mother was sleeping and wouldn't get up.

A neighbor and the manager prompted the woman's 5-year-old son to put a chair next to the door so the little boy could reach the lock and let the manager in.

The manager found the 34-year-old woman curled up on the floor of a makeshift closet. Drug paraphernalia were at her at her feet and on a nearby counter.

Her children were wearing their winter jackets.

The manager took the boy and his 3-year-old sister to the home of a neighbor, who fed them.

The manager contacted authorities shortly before 10 p.m. Investigators pronounced the woman dead almost immediately and stayed at the house for several hours.

The children were taken to UMass Memorial Medical Center — University Campus to be evaluated. The Department of Children and Families has taken custody of the children.

Police Sgt. Kerry Hazelhurst said the woman apparently died of a drug overdose. He did not identify her, pending notification of relatives.

The windows of the second-floor apartment at 104 Green Hill Parkway were wide open Saturday.

Scott J. Croteau of the Telegram & Gazette staff contributed to this report.

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